[ydl-gen] Questions on ydl-6.0 with ps3

[Ron Rogers Jr.]

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:21:47 +0400
John Frankish <frankish at dubai.oilfield.slb.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a couple of questions about ydl-6.0 on a ps3:
> 
> 1. I'm using a screen resolution of 720p with a dell monitor
> and dvi/hdmi adapter which I understand to be 1280x720 - this
> being the case, is there a reason xorg.conf is using
> 1100something x 600something (I'm not in front of the ps3 at
> the moment)?
> 

That bothered me too, 720p output isn't truly 720p, probably to
ensure overscan/underscan didn't mess with the display too
much. Linux on the PS2 has the same problem 720p there is
something like 940x6foo  I solved the problem by switching to
ps3 video mode # 1547. That's VESA 1280x768 full color HDMI
mode, which my 1440x900 720p/1080i TV scales to full screen.

You could also try 720p full screen mode # 131



> 2. I have a firefly music server set up on a mss+ external hd
> - using ydl-6.0 and rhythmbox on the ps3, I can see the music
> on the firefly server, but when I try to play any of the music
> (mp3 files), I get the error message "unknown error, cannot
> play music". Does anybody have any ideas on how to fix this?
> 

You might need to download the fluendo codec for mp3.

> BTW, the installation from dvd went flawlessly, ydl managed to 
> connect to my network printer all on its own, the only thing I
> had to fix manually was the wireless network (wep) connection.
> I'm used to damnsmalllinux and lfs/blfs on old hardware, so I
> was a little surprised at the lack of speed with ydl on the
> ps3 though...
> 
> Regards
> John
> 

I think YDL E17 build is the problem, E17 is actually more
responsive on the PS2, but I compiled from source with a
a lot of optional libs.  Switch to fluxbox and you'll see.  You
could try XFCE but that's more RAM intensive than E17 is.

Ron Rogers Jr. (CronoCloud)
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